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‘Squid Game’: Why New Yorkers love this deranged show

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Netflix’s “Squid Game” is the talk of the town. The hit thriller follows desperate cash-strapped characters as they compete in a brutal series of games hoping to win money while fighting to survive. “Squid Game” is a splashy critique of how society treats underdogs – not unlike another recent Korean hit, Oscar winner “Parasite,” or even the controversial “Joker.” Still, its popularity is bizarre, since it’s not pleasant stuff.

The show’s grotesque scenes would seemingly make it tough to stomach for socially conscious New Yorkers — or does it? “‘Squid Game’ definitely doesn’t like billionaires, and that sentiment sells,” Brooklyn-based clinical psychology academic Benjamin Katz, 32, told The Post.

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